Media and Support

Matt CulpAssistant Athletic
Trainer

Matthew Culp joined the Brown Athletic staff in August 2004 as
an assistant athletic trainer and has worked with several teams at
Brown including the men’s soccer and baseball teams. He
begins his second season with the Bears’ basketball team.

A certified athletic trainer, Culp graduated from Indiana
University in May 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Kinesiology/Athletic Training. He worked as a student trainer
at Indiana, covering a myriad of teams, and worked the Indiana
Soccer Camp and Bob Knight Basketball School. He also served
as a student trainer for the Big 10 Championship and NCAA
Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2000.

Culp earned a Master of Arts in Exercise and Sports Science from
the University of North Carolina in May 2003. While at North
Carolina, Culp was a graduate assistant certified trainer, covering
several sports for the Tar Heels. He was a certified athletic
trainer for the UNC Athletic Summer Camps and for the Student
Health Services Physical Therapy Clinic.

Culp interned with the New York Giants Football Club from June
2003 to June 2004, and made a poster presentation at the 2004 NATA
Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia. He is an American Heart
Association Healthcare Provider (CPR and AED) and is a licensed ATC
in several states, including Rhode Island, New Jersey and North
Carolina.

Culp resides in Providence, Rhode
Island.

Christopher HummDirector of Sports Information

Christopher Humm joined the Brown University athletic staff in
July 1988, as Director of Sports Information and head golf coach
after holding similar positions at Hofstra University for eight
years. He stepped down as golf coach at the end of the 1993
season.

At Brown, Humm is responsible for the implementation of a media
relations program, including the publication of media
guides/interactive magazines and programs, and the daily
maintenance of the Brown Athletics web site, brownbears.com, for
Brown’s 37 varsity athletic teams. He also ran three major
fundraising golf tournaments for the Brown Athletic Department for
12 years.

In 2010, Humm worked as the moderator for all press conferences at
the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball First and Second Round games
played at Providence. He moderated 24 press conferences in
four days, including pre-game and post-game press conferences.

In 2006, Humm was honored by the All-American Football Foundation
with the Scoop Hudgins Outstanding SID Awards at its 81st Annual
Banquet of Champions. He was successfully nominated two NCAA Silver
Anniversary Award winners, Steve Jordan '82 and Lisa Caputo '86,
and an NCAA Top VIII Award winner, Nick Hartigan '06.

In 2004, Humm was honored by the University with a Brown
Appreciation Award for his work on the 125th Anniversary of Brown
Football. He also won the Jay Barry ‘50 Service Award in
1990, and the Robert F. Hall ’66 Recognition Award in
2003.

Humm was the master of ceremonies for the Brown All-Sports Banquet
for six years, and the Brown Athletics Senior Banquet for two
years. He has also been the master of ceremonies and moderator and
panel moderator for several Black Coaches Association/Fritz Pollard
Award dinners honoring the Black Coaches Association Coach of the
Year.

A 1977 graduate of Hofstra University, Humm has held positions with
both IBM and British Airways. As an undergraduate at Hofstra, he
was editor-in-chief of Nexus, the University’s yearbook, and
a four-year member of the varsity golf team, the last two years as
captain.

Humm also worked as Director of Media Relations for the 1987 Can-Am
Pacific Games for the Physically Challenged and as the Assistant
Director of Media Relations at the 1985 World Games for the Deaf in
Los Angeles. He is a member of CoSIDA, and the United States
Basketball Writers Association, and is a former president of the
Ivy League Sports Information Directors.

A native of Baldwin, NY, Humm is active in the local community. He
is a former coach for the Barrington Little League, the Barrington
Youth Soccer Association and the Barrington YMCA Basketball Travel
League. He and his wife, Debbie, reside in Barrington, Rhode
Island, and have two sons, Robert, a 2004 Brown graduate and a 2008
Roger Williams Law School graduate, and Steven, a 2008 graduate of
Providence College.

Media Credentials

Please make all press requests at least
three days in advance. Press passes can either be mailed out
with one week’s notice, or picked up at the Pizzitola Sports
Center’s Will Call window on game day. All Press
requests should be directed to:

Brown’s entire schedule is broadcast on
WPRV-AM 790. Scott Cordischi will call all the action.
Former Brown basketball star Russ Tyler ’71 (1,133 career
points) provides the color analysis. Tyler was recently named
one of the Top 15 players in Brown basketball history as a member
of the Brown 100th Season All-Time Team.

Post Game Interviews/Filing

At the conclusion of the game, both teams will
be available for interviews outside their respective locker rooms
following a 10-minute cooling off period. Game stories can be filed
courtside or in the Brown Sports Information Office (Room 204).
Wireless and internet connections are
available.

Audio/Video On The Internet

Brown Basketball fans can now watch a live video
and audio feed WPRV-AM 790 of all home games through B2 Networks.
Fans wanting to watch Brown events via B2 Networks will need a
high-speed Internet connection and a current version of Windows
Media Player. Games will be sold on an individual basis at $8 per
game, $30 for a 30-day pass (allows viewer to watch all Brown
events during a 30 day period), or $75 for the season. In
addition, you can listen to live free audio of Brown’s
broadcast on WPRV-AM 790. Just go to www.brownbears.com,
click on audio & visual on the left side of the page and make
your choice of free live audio or pay-per-view
video.

The Jesse Agel Show

The Jesse Agel Show, hosted by Scott Cordischi, will be
broadcast on Wednesday evening throughout the season, from 7:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on WPRV-AM 790. Brown fans can also listen
to the show on the internet at www.brownbears.com.